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...a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke: such resting found the sole Of unblessed feet." he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind...

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...one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject: . He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent...had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ria'n Looks...

...meridian, and was unwilling to descend. The description of Satan is unrivalled in the annals of poetry— " he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of...

...worked up to a greater sublimity, than that wherein his person is described in those celebrated lines : He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the...

...By Fontarabia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread commander: he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower: his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of...

...instance, shall we find a much more sublime passage than Milton's description of the fallen Archangel ? He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of...

...guineas for a likeness of himself, resembling the description of his infernal majesty in Milton,— " He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All its original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of...

...cependant son redoutable chef. Celui-ci, au dessus du reste par sa taille et sa contenance superbeStoodlike a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and the exeess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new-risen Looks...